Children's Use of the Discounting Principle in Their Perceptions of Exertion
1981; Wiley; Volume: 52; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1981.tb03109.x
ISSN1467-8624
AutoresSaul M. Kassin, Frederick X. Gibbons,
Tópico(s)Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
ResumoKASSIN, SAUL M., and GIBBONS, FREDERICK X. Children's Use of the Discounting Principle in Their Perceptions of Exertion. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1981, 52, 741-744. A developmental test of the discounting principle (that the role of a given cause in producing a given effect is reduced if other plausible causes are also present) was conducted. 42 kindergarten and secondgrade subjects watched an animated film that depicted the movements of 2 triangles toward a house. One was carried to its destination by another object, while the other traveled without assistance. Kindergartners as well as second graders discounted the exerton of the externally facilitated object (i.e., they perceived the nonfacilitated actor as having tried harder). These results contrast with previous research that has relied on the verbal story method and has shown that young children do not discount actors' intentions. It was concluded that preschoolers do have the capacity to discount and that the animated-film technique, as a simplification strategy, allows subjects to exhibit that potential.
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